Rail guard and means for applying the same



April 6 1926. 1,579,859

` E. Dl SP-RITO "RAIL GUARD vAND MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SAME Filed Nov.5, 1925 2 sheets-sheet, 1

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1,579,859 E. Dl SPIRITO RAIL GUARD AND MEANS FOR APPLYING THE SAME FiledNov. 5, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 FIG. 4

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nnnsmo msnm-1ro, or IIntiem' Grrr, 'NEW JERSE 1,579,859 PA orriCL-n.

Ionirrilio#EMILIO-n'u'ooronin or :JERSEY our, NEW JERSEY.

111ML QUA-nn AND MEANS non APPLYING TH E SAME.

f-prleatinmednovember 5,;1925. serial No, l671,111.6.

To (all whom 'it .muy 'conce-n n i "Be itjluown thatilfEnnsMoiDiSPIRITO, a cijtizenozt the United `,States of America,

residing at Jersey Cityfip thevcounty of Hudson `andtate of NewJerseyhave inand f useful Improveplying the -Saine,1of whichftheffollowing is espesura-tien- This invention v relates to new and'useful improvements in 4. guard rail-s and l. means for applying thesame.

provide ja guard .rail which may be g quickly frail Without respect.

.A further Obie@ ef the invention is to provide inea-ns for applying theguard -rail Which will permit of #the latter heingadiustfe'dtoomnelieeteffer A still further object of the inventionis to`provide'im-proved means Ifor adjusting a guard rail'in icerail. j Y

vOther Aobjects and ad-Ya-ntages of the vinvention will be-apparent-duringthe cou-.rse

frespect Y to its 5 associated Av,servof L the following description.

.In the aceompanyin-g, fdra W1-1igs,-fo.1unnig a part of thisyspecification andin jwhiohlilenumerals ,are employed to .tj-designateililie .parte throughput the same,

Figure l:l is a top ,plan s -vie-W` of the, guardv rail and itsassociated service ktrails, the

.f guard rail being constructed in accordance with this invention,

: 11`igureg2isa- V ide elexational gvieiy of the StreCtureshQWH-,n Eisl,

`taken on the oppositeside of thefstructnre,

F igure' k4 ,is .a.-fragmentary, glongiti'ldinal, horizontal View takenupon line {IVe-'IV of rig-2,3

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional viewftalien unenffliueV-MLFisfQ, Y

`Figure:fifis a uertijealasectional .I View taken upon line Vl-VI ofFig. 3 2,

Figure 7 is a. fragmentary lelevational `View, partly fin fseotion,shoW-inga the fmiddle portiony ofthe guard rgail structure,

'Figure 8 is ajgdetailperspeotive View Lof one type of' adjust ing Wedge`employed in thefmanner' dillustrated kin tliepreV-,ionslly referrdfteeures ,-FiguvreQf'isfa detail perspectivelivewfof a.

i nres @l i to inclusive and abutting ends -ofstworails, trated in gF1g. l, Whenithe intended toereceire' tie securing spikes, not

.different Vtorni of vadjusting Wedge employed,

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vnumeralsf6 to llainclusive; *The tieiplates r6 t0 .ll .inclusive arebraced' in respect to Webs l2.` Fig- V ,7 -f clearly yiilustrace .thein'iddleftie ,plates 8 and 9 asbeing'united the guard rail by theintegral onfthe Side of theguard :rail y5 adjacent to the rail or{rail'gends f1?) to ltorni a `V`seat 14 4which r.functions ,Y tofproperly support the -asclearly illusguardrail is appliedtothezservicelrail tat a' point Where two railfends ajr'ejoined. Figsl, ,4and 5 clearly yillustratefthetie plates 7 and l0 las extend- -inglaterally'beyondthe ends. ofthe remainjing tieplate, ipe., beyond thelfar side of the service rail to 1a I greater extent than vdo theremain-ing f tie .platesyfor .permitting the same. t,o. periorm.afunctionwlnch Wiilhe A described at; alateinpoint.

' ylt-is to he understood, of course,`that in Y, nssrenon 'orTYnrRrY-rivnv rnn' plurality of tieplates adjusting-theguardrail inrespect tothe Y i ser-Vice rail ,13 ortaling upA any Wear. that.o'finire,the .tie pletesrto l1 inclusive must neeessarilj7 be shifted.longitudinally ofl their supporting ties, not shown. fin 'View of thistact,z theendsofthe respective tie.` plates are prot-fided- With A anaperture l5 and an `eiongrated slotl. These aperturesand slotsfareshown, Whieh will be utilized in f the following manner.v In securing'the guard rail lto its supporting ties, tsecuring spikesinay lheAdriven inthe slots l1G .f after Which through the apertures Vl5. VItwill ynew be :apparent that Whenlit becomes necessary' to adjust-the.yguardrail in respect tothe serv-` ice :rail for taking up Wear 1n ftheformer, f the securing spikes should bek removed from the f apertures 15 While 'the spikes may-be reta-,inedfin the slots v'1:6 While i theguard vrail isybeing adjusted. v This Will permit the the Aguard-Vrailis properly adjusted. vTo maintain the k guard rail in itsadjusted position, addi-` tional'gseouring spikesshould thenbe drivenguard rail to be adjusted without placing the service rail out ofservice or operation at the location of the guard rail. After the guardrail is again adjusted, it only becomes necessary to drive spikesthrough the apertures to again lock the guard rail in its adjustedpcsition. Y

Figure 7 shows the middle portion of the guard rail 5, that is theportion in vertical alincment with the rail end seat 14, as hav ingextending laterally inwardly from thev tread and web portions thereof awedge abutment 17 which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 as having itsfront 'face 18 beveled in the direction of the length of the guard rail5. The abutment 17 also has its wedge face 18 provided with atransversely extending key receiving groove 19. Positioned upon eachside of the abutment 17 is a lat@ erally projecting lug 2O which has itslower face suitably spaced inl respect to the rail and seat 14 to permitthe base flange of the respective rail ends to be received therebetween. c

Figures 1, 6 and 9 illustrate a wedge inember 21 as being locatedbetween-the beveled face 18 of the abutment 17 and the adjacent sides ofthe service rails 13.` This wedge 21 has its inner face 21a beveled inthe opposite direction to the direction the face l18' of the abutment 17is beveled, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, so that relative lateralmovement of the wedge 21 in respect to the abutment 17 will causepressure to be applied to the service rails to move the guard rail 5laterally of the service rails 13. The wedge 21 is provided with atransversely extending key 22 which is formed with a plurality ofapertures 23. These apertures are intended to receive a Cotter pin 24,best illustrated in Fig. l, for the purpose of preventing movement ofthe wedge 21 in the direction for loosening vthe same or reducing thewedging action between the abutment 17 and the adjacentservice rail ends13.

Figures 1, 4 and 5 illustrate the opposite ends of the guard rail 5 ashaving formed onthe inner face of the same wedge abutinents 25 and 26.These abut-ments vfunction in the same Lmanner as the abutment 17 and inrespect to each other so that a brief description of the same is deemedto be all that is necessary. Each abutment 25 or 26 is provided with a.-beveled front face 27 which is engaged by the beveled face 28 of awedge 29, of the type illustrated in detail in Fig. 8. Each abutment 25or 26 is formed with a key receiving groove 30, as illustrated in Figs.4 and 5 which receives the key 31 of a wedge 29. This key is providedwith a plurality of apertures 32 that are intended to receive acotterpin 33 for preventing movement of therwedge 29 in a direction toloosen-the same. Figure 5 with a rail bracingblock 40.

clearly illustrates the bottom portion of each abutment 25 or 26 ashaving a groove or notch 34 cut therein to provide a space be tween itsrespective tieplate for permitting the adjacent base flange oftheservice rail to be received therewithin.

`So far there `has been described means for adjusting the guard rail 5and service rail ends'18 away from each other and it now becomesnecessary to describe the means 7 employed for drawing the guard railand service rail ends toward each other. .This mechanism is clearlyillustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 4 to 6 inclusive and 9.

Figures 1,2 and 6 illust-rate the service rail end supporting seat 14 ashaving suitably joined thereto or formed integral therewith a yoke 35which terminates in a perpendicularly extending head 36 having a bolt 37adjustably threaded therethrough. This bolt is provided with a suitablejam nut 38 and spring washer 39 which function to v'prevent loosening ofthe bolt. Operated upon by this vbolt is a service rail bracing block 40which is suitably notched at 41 to receive the tread of the service railand is otherwiseshaped to substantially correspond With the contour ofthe tread, web, and base flange of the said service rail. The outer edgeof this block 40 is recessed at 42 for receiving'the inner'end of thebolt 37, see Fig. 5.

Figure 1, 2, 4 and 5 show the tie plates 7 and 10 as having mounted uponthe ends. which were formerly referred to as extending beyond the endsof the remaining side plates, perpendicularly extending heads 43 whichhave bolts 37 adjustably threaded therethrough. These bolts are the sameas describedin connection with the structure shown in Fig. 6 and haveassociated there- Further description of this structure is, therefore,unnecessary.

Itis to Vbe understood that the form of this invention herewith shownand described is to betaken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit'of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.`

Having thus described the invention, I clai1n'.:- n

1. A guard rail having a plurality of integral spaced tie plates, wedgeabutments formed integral with the inner side of the guard rail, a wedgefor each abutment which is movable to cause adjust-ment of the guardrail and service rail away from each other, and means carried by thefree ends of the tie plates for gradually adjusting the guard rail andservice rail toward each other.

2. A guard rail having a plurality -of integral spaced tie plates, wedgeabutments `formed integral with the inner side of the guardrail, a wedgemovable to cause adjustment of the guard rail and service rail awayVtrom each other, means for preventing said Wedges from loosening, andmeans carried by the free ends of the tie plates for gradually adjustingthe guard rail and service rail toward each other.

3. A guard rail having a plurality of integral spaced tie plates, wedgeabutments formed integral with the inner side of the guard rail, a Wedgefor each abutment whichV is movable to cause adjustment of the guardrail and service rail away from each other, means for preventing saidWedges .from loosening, a plurality of service rail bracing blockslocated outwardly of the servie-e rail, and means carried by the freeends of `ceiving grooves, a wedge for each abutment which is movable tocause adjustment of the guard raily and service rail away from v eachother,-a key having a longitudinal series of aperturesv formed integralwithy each Wedge and receivable in its respective abutment groove, andpins selectively rw ceived in said apertures for preventing movement ofthe wedges which would loosen fthe same.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature` ERASMO DI SPIRITO.

